Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-11-05

e WHILE crossing Hillsboro inlet in q row.
boat, James E. Hamilton, mail-carrier
between Maine and Lake Worth, on the
South Atlantic coast of Florida, was pulled
from his boat and devoured by sharks on
the 9th.
The laying of the cornerstone of the
monument to be erected at Richmond to
the memory of General Robert e. Lee took
place on the 9th with appropriate cere-
monies
BANKER RAwsoN, Of Chicago, was on the
9th recovering slowly from the wounds
inflicted by his step son Lee, in front Of q
church, and his physicians said that his pros
poets for return to health were good
In order to reduce the large surplus now
on the market the Michigan Salt Associa-
tion on the 9th determined to stop the
manufacture of salt from December I to
April l.
COLONEL CHARLES B. FLOOD, veteran
journalist, expired on the 9th at Columbus,
o., aged seventy-seven years
The James l. Regain Printing Company Of
Chicago assigned on the 9th for 1926, 900.
AN explosion on the 28th in L n Topliff's
carriage factory at Cleveland, o., instantly
killed two men and seriously injured three
others
AFRE1GHT train on the Rock Island road
was wrecked by a telegraph pole placed on
the track by unknown fends on the 28th,
the engineer and fireman being killed It
was believed that the intention of the In
humansperpehators Of the deed was to de-
rail the Kansas City express, which, for
tunately, was half an hour late.
The Governor of Texas on the 28th paid
j. +. Smith, the express messenger who re-
Gently killed two robbers near El Paso,
So, 900 as reward. The express company
and the passengers would give him SIS, 600
more.
PETER SHoCKLEY shot and killed his father
in-law, James Carey, and then blew out
his own brains, near New Burlington, Ind,
on the 2Sth An old grudge was given as
the cause.
A FIRE on the 2sth destroyed the Enter
prise newspaper office and several other
business places at Greensburg, Ind
IT was decided at meeting of employing
job printers in Chicago on the 18th to
strenuously resist the demand of the Chi
cago Typographical Union for nine.hour
day
At the Pennsylvania depot in Chicago
the body Of murdered man was discov-
cred on the 28th In carriage that had
been shipped from New York
An explosion in Holden's fre-brick works
at Mineral Point, o., on the 2Sth fatally
scalded four persons and seriously injured
| five Others
Ara negro camp meeting near Brighton,
s G, on the 28th disturbance occurred
and one man was killed and six others were
fatally injured.
TIE loss Of the schooner W. r Taylor,
grain laden. from Chicago to Kingston,
Ont, with all on board was reported on
the. 2Sth
The Central railway freight depot at Los
Angeles, Cal, and many cars were destroyed
by fire on the 28th, causing a loss Of 5000
600. Ne insurance
MRS. HUBER, Cincinnati woman, was
sitting alone and asleep BY her cooking
stove on the 29th, when some burning Goals
set fire to her clothing and she was burned
to death
TIE boarding house at the Iron HILL
mining camp near Leadville, Col, was de-
stroyed by fire on the 29th, and Mira James
UBrien and four children were burned to
death &
SALT LAKE CRY advices Of the 29th nav
that the leaders Of the Mormons have been
SO harrassed and annoyed of late that they
i would be quite willing to. openly forbid the
practice Of polygamy Il they were not afraid